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Bob Blackman

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2019-03-28

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<p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) which brings together
partners including the police, trade bodies and retailers and is overseeing a range
of work to tackle retail crime. This includes the collation and dissemination of good
practice and developing guidance on the use of Impact Statements for Business, which
give victims of business crime the opportunity to set out the impact the crime has
had on the business, including, for example, financial loss. The NRCSG also continues
to work with retailers to improve the management and response to shop theft using
a partnership approach.</p>

<p /> <p>This Government has abolished the default retirement age, extended the right
to request flexible working, and will be giving people more freedom in how they draw
their pension pots to smooth the transition to retirement. The Department also published
“Fuller Working Lives - A Framework for Action” in June, which set out the business
case for employing older workers and included the following actions:</p><p> </p><ul><li>DWP
to work more closely with Local Enterprise Partnerships to encourage them to focus
on the issue of fuller working lives in their local area;</li></ul><ul><li>DH, DWP
and GEO to launch a trial on carers in employment and the role assistive technology
can play in helping them to combine work and care:</li></ul><ul><li>A number of pilots
with Jobcentre Plus on back to work support for carers; and</li></ul><ul><li>DWP to
develop a new guidance toolkit for employers - this will build on the existing Age
Positive employer guidance.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In July 2014, Dr Ros Altmann
was appointed as the Business Champion for Older Workers and is making the case for
the importance of fuller working lives for individuals, employers and wider society.</li></ul><p>
</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department
has spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2018-19; and what funding
his Department plans to allocated to cessation campaigns in 2018-19.

<p>Public Health England runs smoking cessation campaigns. Media spend to date during
2018/19 on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking is £1.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>£2.4
million has been allocated in total for the media spend on cessation campaigns in
2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>As the 2018/19 financial year is not yet complete and campaign
work is ongoing, these figures should be considered provisional. Figures are net plus
agency fees and commissions (rounded to the nearest £100,000). Figures exclude Value
Added Tax.</p>

<p>Expenditure on smoking cessation advertising campaigns by Public Health England
in 2017-18 was £1.99 million.</p><p> </p><p>Campaign spending is defined as covering
only media spend. Figures are net, rounded to nearest £10,000. Figures exclude value
added tax.</p><p> </p><p>Media spend includes expenditure for advertising on television,
radio, national press, regional press, out of home (outdoor), cinema and digital.
Recruitment advertising and media partnerships are not included.</p>

<p>As smoking rates in England continue to decline, tobacco use is increasingly concentrated
in our poorest and most disadvantaged communities.</p><p> </p><p>Local stop smoking
services provided by local authorities are effective in reducing health inequalities
where they are targeted to meet identified needs. Public Health England (PHE) supports
local areas with a range of evidence, data and tools to facilitate targeted and effective
interventions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
(NICE) and have a programme of work focussed on reducing smoking in pregnancy and
in mental health settings.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, PHE will run the Stoptober and
January smoking health harms mass media campaigns, targeted to reach people in lower
socioeconomic groups.</p><p> </p><p>A national Commissioning for Quality and Innovation
(CQUIN) scheme incentivises National Health Service trusts in England to identify
inpatients that smoke and provide them with treatment and a referral for support with
quitting.</p>

<p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants
to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards
require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any
future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case
and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p>

<p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants
to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards
require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any
future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case
and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p>

<p>The Department is still considering the scope and procurement process for grants
to support the implementation of the Tobacco Control Plan. Cabinet Office standards
require all new grants to be subject to competition. Our intention is to make any
future grant available on a multi-year basis, subject to an appropriate business case
and satisfactory performance on the part of the funded bodies.</p>